Google sues Polish poets over gmail.pl — WARSAW (AFP) - Google has launched legal action against a group of Polish poets, demanding that they give up their Internet domain name gmail.pl, a member of the cultural collective said. — Izabela Krawczyk of GMAiL — the "Grupa Mlodych Artystow i Literatow …

Polish Poets Threaten Google Supremacy! — Google has launched legal action once again, this time against a group of Polish Poets! How's that for coming down hard on the little guy? In the press release Google is evidently trying to get the money hungry, robber baron poets to give up their Internet domain name gmail.pl.

MPAA Steals Code, Violates Linkware License — Patrick Robin, a 29 year old web developer from South England, is the developer of an ASP-based blogging platform called Forest Blog. He distributes it freely under a linkware license, asking that anyone who uses it merely link back to his site where Forest Blog is offered for download.

10 Mistakes that Will KILL a Forum — As we've already discussed, there are certain things you need to do in order to promote your forum. However, even if you're successful, you and your community are still not care free. There are several things that can effectively kill even the most established forum.

NetNewsWire 3.0d46: sneak-peek release — It is not feature-complete—there are a bunch of features still to do before 3.0 ships. — It has lots of bugs! There are lots of bugs to fix before 3.0 ships. — It is a work in progress! — If you're not comfortable running pre-release software, please don't use this version!

Big Spike In Feedburner Subscribers — I was at Feedburner approving an ad for my /Message feed, and I saw that the number of subscribers to the feed went up 700+ yesterday: a 34% increase in one day. — If anyone has an explanation, I would be interested. I wasn't dugg yesterday, was I?

Flash Drive Talks When Plugged In — Oh, crap. I can see it at next years CES show, all the flash drives they hand out with press kits on them will play sales pitches when I plug them in. The only thing I need less than another flash drive to add to my desktop pile is one that talks to me every time I plug it in.

Halo 3 Beta FAQ — Is Halo 3 beta registration closed? — Yes, phases one and two of the beta have already ended. If you haven't received an email by this point, then you were not one of the lucky few. — Is there no other way?! — If you didn't get in to either phase …

Google hears static on radio bid — news analysis The departure last week of two top Google radio ad honchos had observers wondering whether the search giant could conquer the old-fashioned $20 billion radio industry with its new-fashioned technology. — With stations loathe to give …

The Things Other Apple Airport Extreme Reviews Don't Tell You — You're all familiar with the specs of the Extreme, so let's just skip to how it performed—later moving on to the problems we had. — On the performance side, 802.11n really does work a lot faster than our old 802.11g D-Link DGL-4300 Gaming Router.

A Wiimote You Can Eat — Some people look at an empty bit of plastic packaging and see trash. Others see the culinary potential inherent in the translucent shell. People like flickr user Balakov, who decided to see what happened when he filled the shell of his empty Wii Play wiimote …

5 Sure-Fire Social Media Headline Formulas That Work — Although content is important when you are trying to leverage social media sites like Netscape or Digg, the story title used for the submission maybe as important if not more important. Here are a few types of titles that I have found to be effective.

Exiled journalists circumvent censors by text messaging — PARIS—Journalists writing about Zimbabwe's repressive government have found a new way to circumvent their censors: sending text messages via cell phone. — A radio station hounded out of the country by Zimbabwean strongman President Robert Mugabe …

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